Alexandria man convicted of sexual assault of child

An Alexandria Township man was convicted of sexually assaulting a child, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said today.

Jerry P. Bush, 53, was found guilty Friday of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and one count each of first- and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. A Hunterdon County jury found Bush guilty after a seven-day trial before Superior Court Judge Stephen B. Rubin in Flemington.

The prosecutor's office said Bush was charged after a relative of the victim brought sexually explicit photographs to the state police. A subsequent investigation by the police and the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office determined Bush took the "inappropriate photographs." Later, the victim told authorities that Bush had engaged in acts of sexual penetration between 2003 and 2005, when the victim was younger than 13.